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The Crossing

Three episodes. Three continents. One question: what would you risk to cross the distance between who you are and who you love?

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Synopsis

A secret, and a body, in the cold.

JOSEPH is a young Congolese man who survives the Sahara, a Libyan prison, and a sea crossing - only to find himself in a Montreal refugee camp, his education meaningless, his past a secret he cannot share. SYLVIE is a Canadian aid worker who returns from Guatemala shattered, seeking purpose in a city that feels like a foreign country. She volunteers at the same camp where Joseph struggles to survive.

Something forms between them in the cold. Fragile. Real. But when a city councilor is found dead in the camp with a ceremonial blade, Joseph is discovered standing over the body. The evidence points one way. Everything else points toward a twenty-year-old secret that someone is willing to kill to protect.

As a city demands justice and a system looks for the easiest answer, two people must decide what they're willing to believe and who they're willing to become. The truth is coming. But some truths destroy everything they touch.

The Crossing is a psychological thriller about migration, memory, and the price of looking away.

Character reference sheet for Sylvie - front, left profile, right profile, and rear views, shown full-body and as headshots, in an olive sweater, khaki cargo pants, and brown work boots.
Sylvie - character reference sheet.

Stills

From the film.

A close-up of a well-worn, annotated copy of Aimé Césaire's Cahier d'un retour au pays natal, resting on olive fabric beside a warm lamp.
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal - Joseph's worn, annotated copy.
Sylvie, in a heavy dark coat, glances back over her shoulder in a snowfall; a street performer plays blurred behind her.
Sylvie - Place des Arts, in the snow.
Joseph sits alone in a sterile interrogation room, watched under harsh fluorescent light, his expression guarded.
Joseph - the interrogation room.
Joseph and Sylvie sit together in a tent library, talking animatedly among shelves of books in warm light.
Joseph & Sylvie - the library tent.

Characters

The people in the cold.

Joseph Kabongo, a young Congolese man, in a worn winter jacket, lit by a window.

Joseph

A young Congolese man. Survivor of the crossing. His past is a secret he cannot share.

Sylvie, a French-Canadian woman, gazing through a rain-streaked window.

Sylvie

A Canadian aid worker, returned from Guatemala and shattered, seeking purpose in a foreign city.

Elena, an Indigenous Guatemalan woman, in a clinic waiting room.

Elena

An Indigenous Guatemalan mother. Her silence carries the weight.

Councillor Philippe Marchand, a politician in a dark suit and blue tie, smiling in a grand marble lobby.

Councillor Marchand

A city councillor. The body found in the camp with a ceremonial blade - the evidence points one way.

A weary detective in a rumpled grey suit and loosened tie, leaning against a desk in a dim office at night.

Charron

A detective working the case long after the city has already decided who's guilty.

A young city-hall employee with round glasses and a shocked expression, clutching a briefcase in a marble lobby.

Thomas

A young city-hall employee. He knows something - and he's scared.

The truth is coming. Want to see it first?

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